The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized
world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding and responding …

Natural climate solutions are being advanced to arrest climate warming by protecting and
enhancing carbon capture and storage in plants, soils and sediments in ecosystems. These …

Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Despite contributing to healthy diets for billions of people, aquatic foods are often
undervalued as a nutritional solution because their diversity is often reduced to the protein …

Coral reefs worldwide are facing impacts from climate change, overfishing, habitat
destruction, and pollution. The cumulative effect of these impacts on global capacity of coral …

Overfishing is the primary cause of marine defaunation, yet declines in and increasing
extinction risks of individual species are difficult to measure, particularly for the largest …

Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. These pressures
are unequally distributed, yet we have piecemeal knowledge of how they accumulate across …

Global food demand is rising, and serious questions remain about whether supply can
increase sustainably 1. Land-based expansion is possible but may exacerbate climate …

Approximately 70% of the aquatic-based production of animals is fed aquaculture, whereby
animals are provided with high-protein aquafeeds. Currently, aquafeeds are reliant on fish …

Does humanity's future lie in the ocean? As demand for resources continues to grow and
land-based sources decline, expectations for the ocean as an engine of human …